Given name

Iesus

Iesus is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Iesus comes from Ancient Greek.

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How it developed

From Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς.

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Iesus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Iesus has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jesus. In Latin usage, Iesus has a related form in Jesus. In Latin usage, Iesus has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Ježíš.

Walk Iesus’s family in the name graph

IesusJesusישועИисусΙησούςJežíš

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Iesus has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Ancient Greek

Lydus

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Ancient Greek

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Iesus’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Iesus